Sentences with phrase «diminishing snowpack»

The data to support this theory includes changing stream flow patterns across the Southwest, diminishing snowpack, increasing winter temperatures and the current drought, estimated to be the worst ever in California's recorded history.

Nevada and other Western states like California and Arizona are already struggling with the problem of diminishing snowpack in their own states, and rely on the Colorado River for much - needed water.

Whether ski resorts will be able to sustain operations in spite of the diminished snowpack is unlikely.

The cold - adapted American pika can die from overheating in the summer and from cold stress in the winter as diminished snowpack leaves it vulnerable to cold snaps.

And, we can add diminished snowpack and early melt in the Western North America and more frequent and extensive fires in the West (positive feedbacks).

We've already seen some evidence of that having an impact with spring coming earlier, increased wildfires and a diminished snowpack.»

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While it is often occurring in remote regions, ongoing change with the cryosphere has impacts on people all around the world: sea level rise affects coastlines globally, billions of people rely on water from snowpack, and the diminishing sea ice that covers the Arctic Ocean plays a significant role in Earth's climate and weather patterns.

No snowpack, no hay: In the northern Nevada, cattle feed is getting hard to come by, as sources of water diminish in supply.

Long - time Colorado residents know that St. Mary's glacier is a fragment of its former, frozen self, and that the snowpacks on even our 14ers are diminishing more quickly and more dramtically each year.

Phenomena such as a diminished regional snowpack, which robbed the environment of moisture that would ordinarily have cooled the air and quenched plants and animals as it melted amid the shortage of rain.

Climate disruption is resulting in diminishing winter snowpacks and rapid spring runoff, thereby depriving farmers of this valuable asset, and for much of the world, there are no known substitutes.

As the snowpack diminishes from climate change, we'll need rainwater catchment, reforested watersheds, and efficient irrigation systems.

The document mentions the flow of the Colorado River diminishing, water shortages in the Southwest becoming more acute, and less winter snowpack in the Rockies.

John Day, Oregon, is concerned about diminishing water resources for its community from less snowpack.

It provides a crucial buffer against drought and the growing impacts of global warming, especially the diminishing mountain snowpack that has historically been a linchpin of California's water supply.

Such changes are observed in many places, especially over land in middle and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, leading to increased rains but reduced snowpacks, and consequently diminished water resources in summer, when they are most needed.

Maldives and other very low profile islands will have their own 9/11 scale events to experience and report but that will happen on a much longer time frame than diminished stream flow due to melting glaciers (e.g., Himalayan glaciers) and minimal snowpack with early melt.